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Pronunciation and Other Vocabularian Oddities

Started by Thyme, January 14, 2009, 11:19:48 AM

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Daddy

Quote from: Sentimental Turtlehead on January 14, 2009, 11:19:48 AM
Chandelier: This word exists in French, so I pretty much thought it would be pronounced the same way as in French, but with an English accent: chan-duh-liay.
Cabinet: Same as above: ca-bee-nay.
Chocolate: I tend to pronounce that second o.
Bear: Like beer.
Though: thoo
Mic: Well... I pronounce it as it looks like, forgetting that it's an abbreviation of MIKE-rophone.
Tackle: tay-kul
Anti-: I'm confused about this prefix. It seems sometimes it's "antee" and some other times it's "an-tie", but... well, I always use the second one.
Fatal: fa-dal goonish.
Shan-Dell-Air
Cab-In-Ett
Chock-lit
Beer
Tho
Mike
Tack-Ul
An-Tie and also An-Tea, idk i switch off
Fay-Tall

bluaki

Quote from: Sentimental Turtlehead on January 14, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Possible. Most people I hear pronounce it "tshoc-lat", though. This includes television and movies. O_0
I more often hear it as chock-let, but occasionally hear chock-oh-let. And sometimes it's more of a slur between the two, like the second o is said somewhat faintly and quickly.

StarPilot

So how do you pronounce "potato"? I usually say poe-tay-toe.

bluaki

Quote from: Arm Leg Leg Arm Head on January 14, 2009, 12:02:17 PM
Shan-Dell-Air
Cab-In-Ett
Beer
Tho
Fay-Tall
For what I usually hear:
Shawn-Dell-Eer
Either Cab-In-Ett or Cab-Net, again going by the same thing I said about chocolate.
b-air, like it rhymes with pair/pear/chair/etc
th-ru (well, just one syllable, but looks easier to tell what I mean with the hyphen)
Fay-toll

Daddy

Quote from: bluaki on January 14, 2009, 12:10:17 PM
th-ru (well, just one syllable, but looks easier to tell what I mean with the hyphen)

It's though not through  baddood;

Daddy


Thyme

Quote from: StarPilot on January 14, 2009, 12:09:20 PM
So how do you pronounce "potato"? I usually say poe-tay-toe.


:O

I say poe-tay-doe and toe-may-doe.

bluaki


Classic


YPrrrr


Thyme

Quote from: Mr. Happy on January 14, 2009, 12:15:06 PM
I've noticed you say your second T with a D.


Well, you know, that softer T. The one where you use only the tip of your tongue on your palate instead of the whole flat part.

Or do you mean you noticed that on the sound file? O_0

bluaki

I sometimes also hear chandelier said as shawn-deh-lair

Classic

Quote from: Thyme on January 14, 2009, 12:18:31 PM
Well, you know, that softer T. The one where you use only the tip of your tongue on your palate instead of the whole flat part.

Or do you mean you noticed that on the sound file? O_0

Both.

I guess it's part of the whole insta-boner accent.  giggle;

Thyme

Quote from: Mr. Happy on January 14, 2009, 12:21:55 PM
Both.

I guess it's part of the whole insta-boner accent.  giggle;


I need to make another one. giggle;

Tomboh

for some reason i starting saying "stow-pid" instead of "stoo-pid"

"mwo-ter" instead of "mow-ter" in motorcycle. i say it fine when "motor" is by itself, but not when its "motorcycle"

i always fuck up the accent on "sarcasm", because i think of "sarCASTic" first, and i end up saying "sarCASM" instead of "SARcasm", which sounds stupid

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